Movie Recording Precautions
•You cannot use flash while shooting a movie.
•The camera also records audio. Note the following points when shooting a movie.
–Take care that the microphone is not blocked by your fingers, etc.
–Good results are not possible when the camera is too far away from what you are trying to record.
–Operating camera buttons while shooting can cause button noise to be picked up in the audio.
Microphone
•Shooting a very bright subject can cause a vertical band to appear in the monitor screen image. This does not indicate malfunction. The band will be recorded in the case of a movie.
•Certain types of memory cards take longer to record data,
which can cause movie frames to be dropped. “ 
” and
“
” flash on the monitor screen during recording to let you know when a frame has been dropped. Use of a memory card
with a maximum transfer speed of at least 10MB per second is recommended.
•Optical zoom is disabled while shooting a movie. Digital zoom only is available while shooting a movie. If you want to use a particular optical zoom setting, make sure you select it before you press the shutter button to start movie recording (page 68).
•The effects of camera movement in an image become more pronounced when you shoot close up or a large zoom factor. Because of this, use of a tripod is recommended under these conditions.
•When the subject is outside the camera’s focus range, focusing is not possible and the image will be out of focus.
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SHOOTING A MOVIE